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CLEAR CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7000521 · 1 · CLEAR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1886-04-09 — 35th most senior of the 519 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: ANDERSON AND HAYES DITCH (1886-03-28). Immediately behind: DRY FORK DITCH (1886-04-12).

Decreed rights (7)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
13248.01886-04-091889-05-11 7.30.0 CIRR 63
13308.01886-06-081889-05-11 0.80.0 CIRR 76
13437.01886-10-151889-05-11 1.60.0 CIRR 78
13581.01887-03-081889-05-11 1.80.0 CIRR 95
14001.01888-05-011889-05-11 0.80.0 CIRR 138
24183.209531907-05-151916-11-25 0.00.0 CIRR 153AAB
27132.270591924-02-011937-01-11 38.130.0 CIRR 181FF, 181

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,044 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,044 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 2,252 11th lowest of 15 · 216% of median 168 11.3
2012 690 7th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 146 3.8
2013 172 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 67 2.4
2014 336 6th lowest of 15 · 32% of median 78 4.1
2015 1,652 10th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 226 9.7
2016 3,140 14th lowest of 15 · 301% of median 204 19.4
2017 1,648 9th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 175 11.0
2018 323 5th lowest of 15 · 31% of median 96 3.6
2019 2,893 12th lowest of 15 · 277% of median 193 15.2
2020 230 3rd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 59 2.7
2021 133 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median 53 1.5
2022 284 4th lowest of 15 · 27% of median 97 2.4
2023 4,598 15th lowest of 15 · 440% of median 172 19.1
2024 3,130 13th lowest of 15 · 300% of median 183 11.2
2025 1,044 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 75 9.1

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